6 THE PROBLEM OF THE PACIFIC
recently become prevalent that he who speaks
of military power is a "militarist." This, how-
ever, is as great a fallacy as the reverse assertion
that he who talks of nothing but peace is a
pacifist."
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Truth, even bitter truth, is better than the
most high-minded fallacy.
The author has visited Japan, Siberia, China,
the Philippines, the Malay States, and Hawaii
in 1919 and 1920, and his personal impressions
and investigations form the basis of the present
book. The list of works which he has perused
in the course of his investigation of the problem
of the Pacific is hereto appended.
The author wishes to acknowledge his debt to
Admiral A. D. Bubnov, who has contributed
Chapters VII-X. Admiral Bubnov took part
in the Russo-Japanese War, was Professor of the
Naval Staff College at Petrograd, and Chief of
the Naval Section of the Staff of the Supreme
Commander-in-Chief in the Great War. The
Admiral is an authoritative student of the
questions of naval strategy discussed in the
chapters that belong to his pen.
The author also has to thank Mr. C. Nabokoff,
the late Russian Chargé d'Affaires in London,
for undertaking the translation of his book.
